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14:55 Jun 3, 2010
English to Greek translations [PRO]
Marketing - Internet, e-Commerce
Additional field(s): Advertising / Public Relations, Business/Commerce (general)
English term or phrase: click and mortar
Definition from DDA Ltd.:
Click-and-mortar business refers to a company with actual facilities where customers can purchase products or services but that also has an e-commerce store where customers can make purchases online.

Example sentence(s):
  • The eHome business model takes the "brick and mortar" real estate business and transforms it into what Patrick Husting, the company's chief technology officer, calls a "click-and-mortar" operation by merging the power of the Internet with the knowledge of experienced real estate agents. Microsoft News Center
  • Some insurers are already in the process of becoming 'clicks and mortar' e-businesses with a preliminary strategy of single transaction pages at their public web sites and with private extranets designed for customers or agents. facworld.com
  • Despite the growth in such click and mortar approaches to e-commerce, little research has specifically addressed this common business model. Journal of Interactive Advertising
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4με ηλεκτρονική και φυσική παρουσία
Sofia Dervisi


  

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με ηλεκτρονική και φυσική παρουσία


Definition from own experience or research:
Ο όρος Click-and-mortar business αναφέρεται σε επιχειρήσεις με φυσική παρουσία, δηλαδή με παραδοσιακά καταστήματα ή δίκτυο διανομής λιανικού εμπορίου, οι οποίες ταυτόχρονα αποτελούν και επιχειρήσεις ηλεκτρονικού εμπορίου, με καταστήματα στο διαδίκτυο.

Example sentence(s):
  • Στη Βρετανία για παράδειγμα, ένα κατάστημα «bricks and mortar» είναι το βιβλιοπωλείο Waterstones (www.waterstones.co.uk),το οποίο, όταν άρχισε να δραστηριοποιείται στο Διαδίκτυο, έγινε «clicks and mortar» (με ηλεκτρονική και φυσική παρουσία). - klidarithmos.gr  
Sofia Dervisi
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